February 2024
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Fears about falling birthrate in England and Wales are misplaced – the population is due to grow for years to come
Mel Channon challenges a common misconception about trends in population growth. This piece was first published in the Conversation. The number of babies born in England and Wales in 2022 fell by 3.1% compared to the previous year. The average...
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Why renewed China-US cooperation bodes well for climate action
In this piece first published in The Conversation, Yixian Sun lays out why we should be optimistic about recent high-level developments in China-US relations. The relationship between the US and China is the most important in the world, and it...
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'We miners die a lot'. Appalling conditions and poverty wages: the lives of cobalt miners in the DRC
In this piece first published in The Conversation, Roy Maconachie discusses labour condition in DRC's mining sector. It was a cool, dusty morning in July 2021, when I first visited the Kamilombe cobalt mine in Lualaba Province in south-eastern Democratic...
